Conferences and workshops

2023

June

Invited presentation at the Centre of Learning and Teaching at the University of Groningen 

May

Invited presentation at the colloquium of mathematics education at the University of Vienna (Austria) Title: Nicht nur reine Kopfsache – Mathematik lernen mit dem ganzen Körper [Not only a matter of the head – learning mathematics with the whole body] 

2022

November

Panelist at the DeafTEC Math Conference in the panel ‘Special Issue(s) in Mathematics Education: Research to Practice’, organized by Claudia Pagliaro, Jennifer Thom and Keith Mousley; Rochester, NY (online) 

October

Presentation of teaching and research at the Local meeting of coordinators for mathematics, Styria (Austria)   

June

• Inaugural lecture at the Institute for Mathematics and Scientific Computing, Karl-Franzens-University Graz (Austria)
  Title: Gestures and embodied processes in mathematics – how our bodies help us think and learn

• Invited presentation at the International Workshop ‚Mathematics education research and methodologies‘ (invited by Prof. Francesca Ferrara and Dr. Giulia Ferrari), Turin (Italy)
  Title: Gestural modality and learning mathematics – Resources, challenges, and issues for research 

May

Invited presentation at the ‘DINAMA Scientific Happy Hour’, Karl Franzens-University Graz (Österreich)

Titel: Ein Händchen für Mathematik, sozusagen – Gesten beim Lehren und Lernen von Mathematik [A hand for mathematics – Gestures in mathematics teaching and learning] 

2021

December

• Invited presentation at the University of Münster, Germany
  Title: Mathematik in Gebärdensprache – Ressourcen gehörloser Lernender nutzen, Mathematikdidaktik allgemein bereichern [Mathematics in Sign language – Utilizing resources of Deaf learners, enriching mathematics education more generally] 

October 2021

• Workshop at the ‚Unimc for Inclusion Settimana dell’inclusione‘ an der University of Macerata, Italy; with Rachel Chen, Sofia Tancredi, Brittney Cooper, John Kim, Erin Foley, Jacqueline Anton (UC Berkeley / SFSU) and Dor Abrahamson (UC Berkeley), online.
  Title: Catching up with SpEED: Applying a framework for inclusive equitable learning opportunities through Special Education Embodied Design 

• Presentation at the SESAME colloquium of the Graduate School of Education at UC Berkeley (CA); with Rachel Chen, Sofia Tancredi, Brittney Cooper, Erin Foley, John Kim, Jacqueline Anton (UC Berkeley / SFSU) und Dor Abrahamson (UC Berkeley), online.
  Title: Catching up with SpEED: Applying a framework for inclusive equitable learning opportunities through Special Education Embodied Design

July 2021

• Co-leader of the Thematic Study Group on Semiotics in Mathematics Education (TSG 60) at the 14th International Congress of Mathematics Education (ICME 14) (Shanghai, China) – together with Ricardo Nemirovsky (postponed from 2020 to 2021)

• ICME 14: Presentation as co-chair of TSG60 - Semiotics in Mathematics Education; Organization of the work "Semiotics and Abstraction: Exploring potential relationships by means of two cases of mono printing and sign languages" of TSG 60

• Colloquium at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Educational Research of the University of Duisburg-Essen; together with Rachel Chen and Sofia Tancredi (UC Berkeley / SFSU)
  Title: Time for SpEED: Ansätze für inklusiv-gleichberechtigte Lerngelegenheiten durch Special Education Embodied Design [Time for SpEED: Reimagining equitable learning opportunities through Special Education Embodied Design]
  See Videos here (in German, subtitled in German, German Sign Language forthcoming; * marks my contributions):
  Video 1 - Introduction and Framwork*
  Video 2 - SignEd|Math*
  Video 3 - Balance Number Line (Sofia Tancredi)
  Video 4 - Magical Musical Mat (Rachel Chen)
  Video 5 - Summary and Conclusions*

• Invited presentation at the University of Oldenburg, Germany
  Title: Zur Rolle von Gebärdensprache beim Lernen von Mathematik [On the role of sign language in the Learning of Mathematics]

June 2021

• University of Graz, invited research presentation
  Title: Wie Gebärdensprache mathematische Denk- und Lernprozesse beeinflusst – und was wir daraus lernen können – reloaded [How sign language influences processes of mathematical thinking and learning – and what we can learn from this [reloaded]] 

• University of Potsdam, invited research presentation
  Title: Mathematik mit den Händen - Zur Vielfalt der gestischen Modalität als Ressource beim Lernen von Mathematik [Mathematics with the hands - On the richness of the gestural modality as a resource for the learning of mathematics] 

April 2021
LMU Munich, invited research presentation

Title: Wie Gebärdensprache mathematische Denk- und Lernprozesse beeinflusst – und was wir daraus lernen können [How sign language influences processes of mathematical thinking and learning – and what we can learn from this]

March 2021
Invited colloquium presentation at the University of Macerata, Italy;  with Rachel Chen, Sofia Tancredi (UC Berkeley / SFSU) and Dor Abrahamson (UC Berkeley)
Title: Getting up to SpEED: Special Education Embodied Design for sensorially equitable inclusion

2020

November 2020
Presentation at the SESAME colloquium of the Graduate School of Education at UC Berkeley (CA) – together with Sofia Tancredi and Rachel Chen (UC Berkeley / San Francisco State University)
Title: The Need for SpEED: Reimagining Accessibility Through Special Education Embodied Design

October 2020     
University of Strathclyde (UK), School of Education (via zoom)
Title: Diversity as a benefit in teaching and learning

2019

December 2019
Invited workshop at the conference of the Federal Association of the Students of Deaf Education (Bundesverband der Studierenden der Gehörlosen- und Schwerhörigenpädagogik (BSGS))
Title: Gestaltung mathematischer Lerngelegenheiten für taube und schwerhörige Lernende [Designing mathematical learning opportunities for deaf and hard-of-hearing learners]

2018

November 2018    
University of Cologne, Symposium INKMUT Inklusion im Mathematikunterricht [Inclusion in the mathematics classroom] (invited by Prof. Benjamin Rott and Prof. Inge Schwank)
Title: Wie Gebärdensprache mathematische Denk- und Lernprozesse beeinflusst – und was wir daraus lernen können [How sign language influences processes of mathematical thinking and learning – and what we can learn from this]

May 2018     
Invited talk at the Freie Universität Berlin (Germany), Joint colloquium in Mathematics Education (invited by Prof. Brigitte Lutz-Westphal)
Title: Wie Gebärdensprache mathematische Denk- und Lernprozesse beeinflusst – und was wir daraus lernen können [How sign language influences processes of mathematical thinking and learning – and what we can learn from this]

May 2018     
Presentation at the University of Loughborough (via online conference, Skype)
Title: The mathematics in our hands - Gestures and sign language in the learning of mathematics

February 2018     
Invited talk at the College of Education at the University of Iowa (via online conference, Zoom)
Title: How sign language shapes deaf learners’ mathematics thinking and learning … and what we can learn from this

January 2018    
Invited talk at the School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences at Arizona State University (via online conference, Adobe Connect)
Title: The mathematics in our hands - Gestures and sign language in the learning of mathematics

2017

September 2017     
Invited talk at the symposium “Growing knowledge in mathematics (education)”, University of Bremen (Germany), in honour of Prof. Angelika Bikner-Ahsbahs (via online conference, Skype)
Title: The mathematics in our hands - !Extended version!

March 2017     
Invited talk at the SESAME colloquium of the Graduate School of Education at UC Berkeley (CA; invited by Prof. Dor Abrahamson)
Title: The mathematics of deaf learners: How sign language shapes mathematics thinking and learning

January 2017    
Invited talk at the mathematical colloquium of the University of Duisburg-Essen, Faculty for Mathematics (Essen, Germany; invited by Prof. Irwin Yousept)
Title: DeafMath – First results from a project investigating the influence of the use of sign language on learning mathematics

2016

July 2016    
Invited talk at the University of Cologne (Germany), Colloquium in Mathematics Education (invited by Prof Dr Inge Schwank)
Title: Die Mathematik in unseren Händen – Ein Blick auf gestisch-visuelle Zugänge beim Lernen von Mathematik [The mathematics in our hands – A view on gestural-visual access to the learning of mathematics]

January 2016     
Invited speaker at the annual conference of the Italian Society for Mathematics Education „XXXIII Seminario di Ricerca in Didattica della Matematica” (invited for collaboration by Prof Cristina Sabena; presentations in Italian; Rimini, Italy) – together with Cristina Sabena and Andrea Maffia
Title: L'analisi semiotica in ottica multimodale: dalla costruzione di un quadro teorico al networking con altre teorie

2014

September 2014    
Invited talk at the interdisciplinary workshop ‘Body Diagrams – On the Epistemic Kinetics of Gestures‘ at the HumTec of the RWTH Aachen, invited by Prof. Dr. Irene Mittelberg (Aachen, Germany)
Title: How gestures can ‘make’ mathematical meaning - Information bundles and their associated signs

2023

July 2022

• PME 46: Chair of a Working Group at the 46th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education; Haifa, Israel. With Anna Shvarts (University of Utrecht, The Netherlands)
  Title: An embodied perspective on diversity in mathematics education 

• PME 46: Presentation of a Research Reports at the 46th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education; Haifa, Israel. With Sean Chorney (Simon Fraser University, Canada)
  Title: Rock'n'Roll – Emergent affordances and actions during children's exploration of TouchTimes 

2022

November 2022

Presentation at the DeafTEC Math Conference; Rochester, NY / online.

Title: Fostering signed mathematical discourse that promotes learning 

February 2022

CERME 12: Presenting a paper at the 12th Congress of European Researchers in Mathematics Education; Bolzano, Italy (online); together with Ruth Bebernik (University of Duisburg-Essen)

Title: How do students describe and understand properties of special quadrilaterals with digital tools? – An epistemological perspective on mathematical interaction in inclusive settings

2021

July 2021

PME44: Presentation of a research report at the 44th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education; Thailand/online
Title:  Gestures and code-switching in mathematics instruction – an exploratory case study#
Presentation available online

June 2021
LSPPC6: 6th International Conference Asia-Pacific LSP & Professional Communication Association /International Society for Gesture Studies Hong Kong; online.
Title: Mode-switching while code-switching: An exploration of bilinguals’ use of gestures when using two languages
Presentation available online

May 2021

• Conference 'Uncommon Senses III - Back to the future of senses'; Panel with Rachel Chen and Sofia Tancredi (UC Berkeley / SFSU); Montral, Canada; online.
  Title: SpEEDing towards equitable instruction: Special Education Embodied Design for sensory diversity
  Presentation available online

• Poster-presentation at PME-NA 42; Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico; online.
  Title: Modal continuity in Deaf students' signed mathematical discourse
  Presentation available online

2020

September 2020    
Falling Walls Science innovation contest, ‘Marie Skłodowska Curie Actions’ Lab
Title: Breaking the Wall of Deaf Learners’ Mathematics Potential
Presentation available online

July 2020    
Co-organizer of the working group ‘Embodied processes in mathematics teaching and learning: methodological aspects’ at the 2020 Virtual Meeting of PME – together with Anna Shvarts (Utrecht University), Chiara Andrà (University of Eastern Piedmont), & Markku S. Hannula (University of Helsinki)
Pre-recorded presentation for preparation available online (on gestures, starting at 11:35)

January 2020    
Panel at the UC SPEDDR conference 2020 at UC Los Angeles – together with Sofia Tancredi and Rachel Chen (UC Berkeley / San Francisco State University)
Title: “The Need for SpEED: Exploring the Potential of Special Education Embodied Design”

2019

July 2019    
PME 43: Paper presented at the 43rd Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education; Pretoria, South Africa
Title: Towards cognitive functions of gestures – a case of mathematics

2018

July 2018    
PME 42: Short Oral Communication at the 42nd Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education; Umea, Sweden
Title: Establishing representational meaning of gestures –  learning from the Deaf classroom

2017

July 2017    
PME 41: Paper presented at the 41st Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education; Singapore, Singapore; Organisation of a Discussion Group (together with Prof. Laurie Edwards)
Title of Research Report: Iconicity in signed fraction talk of hearing-impaired sixth graders
Title of Discussion Group: Perspectives on multimodality and embodiment in the teaching and learning of mathematics

February 2017    
CERME 10: Paper presented at the 10th Congress of European Researchers in Mathematics Education; Dublin, Ireland
Title: DeafMath: Exploring the influence of sign language on mathematical conceptualization

2016

August 2016     
PME 40: Paper presented at the 40th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology in Mathematics Education; Szeged, Hungary
Title: Learners’ gestures when learning alone

July 2016    
ICME 13, Speaker in the TSG 54 (Semiotics in mathematics education; Hamburg, Germany)
Title: On the role of gestures for the descriptive analysis of ‘Grundvorstellungen’: a case of linear functions

July 2016    
ISGS 7: Presentation at the 7th International Conference of the International Society for Gesture Studies; Paris, France
Title: Gestures in individual mathematical learning processes: Perspectives for the researcher and for the learner

2015

July 2015    
PME 39: 39th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology in Mathematics Education; Hobart, Tasmania; Research report, poster presentation, Oral communication, one ad hoc presentation
Poster Presentation: On the nature of representational gestures as grounded in the mathematical task
Oral Communication: Epistemic functions of gestures: Results from an empirical study
Title ad hoc presentation: The mathematics of hearing-impaired learners – Barriers and chances 

February 2015    
CERME 9: Paper presented at the 9th Congress of European Researchers in Mathematics Education; Prague, Czech Republic
Title: Gestures as part of discourse in reasoning situations: Introducing two epistemic functions of gestures

2014

September 2014    
14th International Conference of the German Society for Semiotics, theme session on ‘Body diagrams: On the epistemic kinetics of gesture‘ (Tubingen, Germany)
Title: Information bundles and their associated signs – how gestures can ‘make’ mathematical meaning

July 2014    
ISGS 6: 6th International Conference of the International Society for Gesture Studies; San Diego, CA
Title: ‘Where, what and how‘ – Specifying gestures as a pathway to mathematics?

2012

August 2012    
YESS 6 (Summer school of ERME; Faro, Portugal) – Presentation of first approaches to the PhD project

July 2012    
PME 36 (36th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education; Taipei, Taiwan)
Title: Modes of sign use in epistemic processes

June 2017

Informal AdHoc-Discussion at the Canadian Mathematics Education Study Group (CMESG; Montreal, Canada), discussing the question “What/how can we learn from the Deaf mathematics classroom?”

March 2017

51st Annual Conference of the German Society for Mathematics Education (Potsdam, Germany)

March 2016  

50th Annual Conference of the German Society for Mathematics Education (Heidelberg, Germany)

February 2015

49th Annual Conference of the German Society for Mathematics Education (Basel, Switzerland)

March 2012

46th Annual Conference of the German Society for Mathematics Education (Weingarten, Germany)

February 2011

45th Annual Conference of the German Society for Mathematics Education (Freiburg, Germany)

July 2024  Co-Chair of the TSG on ‚Language and communication in the mathematics classroom’ at ICME-14 in Sydney, Australien (with Igór Kontorovich)

Sept 2023   Organisation of the „teacher’s day“ of the conference of the Austrian Society of
Mathematics (ÖMG-conference), in collaboration with Dr. Christian Dorner (PH Styria)

July 2023 Chair of the working group ‘An embodied perspective on diversity in mathematics education’ at PME46 in Haifa, Israel (with Anna Shvarts)

July 2023  Co-Chair of the TWG29 ‘Embodied and material studies of mathematical behavior’ at CERME13 in Budapest, Hungary (with Anna Svarts (The Netherlands), Elizabeth de Freitas (USA), Ricardo Nemirovsky (UK), Nathalie Sinclair (Canada), and Giulia Ferrari (Italy))

Feb 2023  Organisation of the DINAMA-Day and presentations in this context, University of Graz, Austria (with the DINAMA-team)

July 2021    Co-Chair of the TSG on ‘Semiotics in Mathematics Education’ at ICME-13 in Shanghai (with Ricardo Nemirovsky); postponed from 2020, online.

September/October 2017, March/April 2017
Two stays at the Embodied Design Research Laboratory of the Graduate School of Education at UC Berkeley (CA, USA) (Prof. Dor Abrahamson)

September 2015, April 2013, March 2011, October 2010
Four stays at the mathematics education working group of the University of Turin (Prof. Ferdinando Arzarello)